[Roadsters] thinning grinding bumper question

[Gerardo Magana]

Hello, Usually you have to weld a plug in when you have a hole.  There are 
many different ways to do this and not all bumper platers are the same. 
There is a vast difference in quality when it comes to filling in holes, and 
yes I have had it done before to save a core that had rust damage.  I have a 
plating shop that my companies Twin Leaf Manufacturing and Fairladyparts.com 
use.  They are able to weld a plug in from behind any small hole and then 
fill in above with copper and they always have very good results.  So if you 
have a bumper with holes don't throw it away, it is still usable.   To 
answer Linda's question the cost of rechroming varies depending on the shop, 
some are more expensive but sometimes you get what you pay for.
Later, Gerardo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Hoffman" <ericerichoffman at yahoo.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: [Roadsters] thinning grinding bumper question


> The bumper is thin to start with.  If they grind a hole in it when 
> removing pits then they will have to add metal before the chroming process 
> (and I'm not sure if that is possible, if it is it sounds expensive).  So 
> yes the chroming process adds material however you can't chrome over a 
> hole and the previous post was warning about the possibility of grinding a 
> hole through the metal when removing pits.
>
>  By the way shop carefully, chrome shops are like paint shops, which is to 
> say usually very expensive and yet low quality.  Ask me how I know!
>
>  Clear as mud?
>
>  Eric Hoffman